Recent Job Placement
Many of our PhD graduates hold tenure-track or tenured positions at major public universities, private universities, and leading liberal arts colleges, as well as at smaller regional or state university campuses. We also have a vast array of PhD alumni pursuing remarkable careers in museum curation, foundations, nonprofits, and business.
If you are an American Studies graduate alum looking to update your job placement, please email [email protected].
Ashton Pemapanik Dunkley
Assistant Professor of Black and Indigenous Studies, Department of Black Studies & American Studies Program, Georgetown University
Mary Marchan
Adjunct Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, San Diego State University
Kaylen James
Charles Eastman Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Native American and Indigenous Studies, Dartmouth College
Khoi Nguyen
Panda Express Postdoctoral Fellow in Asian American Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Chelsea Osademe
PRODiG+ Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of English, Stony Brook University
Kiara Padilla
Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies, Saint Mary’s College of California
Jonnelle Walker
Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota - Duluth
Phoebe Young
Regional Communications and Organizing Program Manager, Midwest Environmental Justice Network
Vanessa Guzman
Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies, California State University, Sacramento
Kristen Reynolds
Assistant Professor of Social and Critical Inquiry, University of Connecticut
Matthew Tchepikova-Treon
Associate Faculty Lecturer, Department of Writing Studies, First-Year Writing Program, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Amber Annis
Executive Director, Native Governance Center
Dewitt King
UC Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Film and Media Studies, University of California, Irvine
Michelle Lee
Postdoctoral Fellow, Humanities in Leadership Learning Series, Case Western Reserve University (2023-2024)
Assistant Professor of Global Asian Studies, University of Illinois Chicago
Kidiocus Carroll
Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Sarah Atwood
Head of Research and Engagement, Center for New Democratic Processes
Hana Maruyama
Assistant Professor of History and Asian American Studies, University of Connecticut
Kai Pyle
Assistant Professor of Gender and Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lei Zhang
Lecturer of English, Renmin University of China
Lisa Arrastia
Associate Professor of Education, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Christine Bachman-Sanders
Adjunct Professor of Gender, Race, and Sexuality Studies, Merrimack College
M. Chip Chang
Manager, Talent Services, Motion Recruitment
Soham Patel
Assistant Professor of American Studies, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Sasha Suarez
Assistant Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Joseph Whitson
Senior Content Strategist, Lindauer
Aaron Eddens
Assistant Professor of Global Studies & Social Impact, Grand Valley State University
Mingwei Huang
Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Dartmouth College
Rose Miron
Vice President for Research and Education, Newberry Library
Mario Obando
Assistant Professor of Chicana & Chicano Studies, California State University, Fullerton
Rene Esparza
Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
Kasey Keeler
Assistant Professor, School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Waleed Mahdi
Assistant Professor, College of International Studies, University of Oklahoma
Andrew McNally
English Teacher, American International School Kuwait
Katherine Mohrman
Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado, Denver
Tammy Cherelle Owens
Assistant Professor of Diasporic Youth Cultures, Hampshire College
Kong Pha
Assistant Professor of Gender and Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Fellowships
Katy Mohrmon
Schochet Fellowship, University of Minnesota
Katy Mohrmon
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Amber Annis
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Soham Patel
Ethnic Studies GRPP, University of Minnesota
Lei Zhang
American Studies GRPP, University of Minnesota
Matthew Tchepikova-Treon
American Studies GRPP, University of Minnesota
Myrl Beam
Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University
Juliana Hu Pegues
Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota
Miglena Todorova
Assistant Professor of Social Justice Education, University of Ontario
Matthew Schneider-Mayerson
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Yale-NUS College, Singapore
Kate Beane
Director of Native American Initiatives, Minnesota Historical Society
Karla M. Padron
Assistant Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies , Northern Illinois University
Elias Vitulli
Strategic Research Associate and Mellon/ACS Public Fellow ,Center for Popular Democracy
Fellowships
Tammy Cherelle Owens
Woodsen Institute for African American Studies Pre-doctoral Fellowship, University of Virginia
Akikwe Cornell
2015-16 Predoctoral Fellow in American Indian Studies, Michigan State University
Amber Annis
CRES, GRPP, University of Minnesota
Christine Bachman-Sanders
GRPP, University of Minnesota
Academic Placement
Ryan Cartwright
Assistant Professor, Department of American Studies, University of California-Davis
Daniel LaChance
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Emory University
Karisa White
Assistant Professor, Native American Studies, Northland College
Mary Rizzo
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice and Associate Director of Public and Digital Humanities Initiatives for American Studies and History, Rutgers University
Thomas Sarmiento
Assistant Professor, Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies and English, Kansas State University
Susie Hatmaker
Teacher, C.E. Jordan High School
Michael Cheyne
Instructor 2014-16, Department of History, University of Minnesota, Morris
Karisa Butler-Wall
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Kent State University
Kasey Keeler
Assistant Professor, School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Patricia Marroquin-Norby
Senior Executive and Assistant Director, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian-New York
Fellowships
Tammy Cherelle Owens
Woodsen Institute for African American Studies Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Virginia (2 year fellowship)
Scott Shoemaker
Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis as Thomas G. & Susan C. Hoback Curator of Native American Art, History, and Culture
Steve Dillon
Associate Professor of Queer studies, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
Jasmine Mitchell
Assistant Professor, American Studies and Media Studies, SUNY College at Old Westbury
Matthew Schneider-Mayerson
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Yale-National University of Singapore
Ben Wiggins
Affiliated Assistant Professor/Libraries Research, University of Minnesota
Ryan Cartwright
Assistant Professor of American Studies, University of California Davis
Fellowships
Susie Hatmaker
Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
Kate Beane
Charles A. Eastman Pre-Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Darthmouth College
Waleed Mahdi
IHRC's Francis Maria Fellowship in Arab American Studies, University of Minnesota
Myrl Beam
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota
Eli Vitulli
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota
Susie Hatmaker
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota
Karla Padron
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota
Sasha Suarez
Department of American Indian Studies Graduate Fellowship, University of Minnesota